Are we too dependent on Microsoft? NewsDuration 12:15After two major outages in as many weeks — including the CrowdStrike crash — alarm bells are ringing about the world's overreliance on Microsoft. Andrew Chang breaks down what happened, who's to blame and digs into just how much of our lives are connected to Microsoft.

Morozovsk air base in Rostov Oblast, Russia hit by missile strike tonight, detonating what appears to be an ammo depot with multiple secondary explosions visible including a multi-story building in Oryol, Russia,x ⚡🇺🇦💥🔥"Ammunition depots explode"In the Rostov region of Russia, an explosion and repeated detonations of an ammunition depot at the Morozovsk air base are recorded as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack. "There was a missile attack on Sevastopol overnight, coinciding with flights by ex-Dutch F-16BMs from the new NATO Joint Air Base in Romania. Russian forces can also equip the UGV with EW systems, machine guns, or mine-clearing equipment. Russian forces recently advanced near Toretsk, Avdiivka, and Donetsk City. A delegation of Kremlin officials visited occupied Zaporizhia and Kherson oblasts on August 2 to highlight Russian efforts to integrate occupied Ukraine into the Russian Federation.

And last week the official Olympics broadcaster had to warn camera operators (new window) not to film or frame female athletes in sexist ways. WATCH | The journey to gender equity at the Olympics:Début du widget Widget. Fin du widget Widget. WATCH: The taboo of periods in sports:Début du widget Widget. Fin du widget Widget.

The Paris Olympics continue to operate normally — spectators gather in the stands, and athletes congregate freely at mealtime. Some athletes compete, others withdrawMore than a dozen athletes in Paris have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19, including British swimmer Adam Peaty, who tested positive on Sunday evening after winning silver in the 100m breaststroke, the Guardian reported Tuesday. Another swimmer, Australia's Lani Pallister, withdrew from the 1500m freestyle on Tuesday after a positive COVID test. German decathlete Manuel Eitel made a statement on Instagram about withdrawing from the Paris Olympics due to a COVID infection. WATCH | What COVID symptoms look like in 2024: Is COVID still a threat?

I have made my frustrations with the mainstream media well known in my diaries, comments, and just about anywhere else someone will listen to me. That is why so much of what we see in mainstream media does less to inform us, so much as trigger us. The shortcomings of mainstream media are not new, mind you. The point I make with the history lesson is this:The mainstream media being the way it is today is nothing new. It is a dog whistle for the mainstream media to sell over and over again, spreading the Trumpian vision.

These are just some of the Canadians who will be running the Paris 2024 Marathon Pour Tous or Marathon For All, the first-ever Olympic event open to the general public. WATCH | This Chinese courier is running the Marathon Pour Tous:Début du widget Widget. Fin du widget Widget. Début du widget Widget. Fin du widget Widget.

Iroqrafts, founded in 1959 by Buck and Bunny Spittal, still has no website but has grown substantially from its original one-room plywood shop on Oneida Road. William Guy (Buck) Spittal was a white man from London, Ont., who lived on the reserve. His wife Myra (Bunny) Spittal was Cayuga from Six Nations. Beloved in the community, Buck had an entrepreneurial spirit and saw a need in the community. Myra (Bunny) and William (Buck) Spittal with their children Alsea, Nyundio and Nandell (in the cradleboard).

Emergency officials said earlier in the day that flash floods are "imminent" and could happen within 24 or 48 hours. River Forecast Centre issued a flood warning for the Chilcotin River upstream of the landslide. It's also issued a flood watch for the Fraser River, from where it meets the Chilcotin River downstream to Hope, B.C. Ma asked residents to stay away from the banks of the Chilcotin River from Hanceville to the Fraser River and anywhere on or along the Fraser River from the Chilcotin River to Hope. Ma told reporters while evacuation orders do not affect many people at this time, an evacuation centre has been set up in Williams Lake.

Canadian-U.S. citizen Paul Whelan and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich have been released from a Russian prison in an international swap deal, U.S. President Joe Biden confirmed Thursday. Russian-U.S. journalist Alsu Kurmasheva and Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza were the other two prisoners also released to the U.S. in the exchange. The conclusion of his swift and secretive trial in the country's highly politicized legal system perhaps cleared the way for a prisoner swap between Moscow and Washington. Biden acknowledged that Germany made significant concessions to achieve the prisoner swap. The exchange was the biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War.

After a month of fear and uncertainty, some asylum-seekers staying in a conference centre in Cornwall, Ont. Yesterday [July 30], we saw the first buses leave, either for Niagara or Windsor, leading asylum seekers to an uncertain future. It was heartbreaking to witness, said DEV Centre president Jean-Pierre Poulin in a letter. The DEV centre will now only house 66 asylum seekers until the end of September. The economic impactIn his letter, Poulin said almost half of the asylum seekers are actively working in Cornwall, either full- or part-time.

Landslide blocks river, injures camper near Williams Lake, B.C.,NewsDuration 0:42An overnight landslide in the B.C. Interior trapped one man who had to be rescued, according to video shared from the scene

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Enlarge image (new window) Hubbart Point in northern Manitoba is home to an ancient Inuit hunting camp and features artifacts that include tent rings. Photo: Aaron Janzen/Oceans NorthDebicki said the tour appears to offer to bring people to stay in a houseboat-like vessel or outpost, which Lazy Bear's website says is moored at Hubbart Point. Enlarge image (new window) Conservation group Oceans North says it wants the province to take action to protect Hubbart Point and the surrounding areas. However, those discussions are confidential, and the spokesperson said they could not comment further or provide further details about whether Hubbart Point is part of those conversations. Enlarge image (new window) Hubbart Point is home to many artifacts, including meat caches.

Before C-18, the River Valley Sun — which distributes 6,000 free newspapers monthly — relied on Facebook to share content, instead of having its own website. No Meta deal in sightThe Online News Act sought to force web giants like Meta to compensate media outlets for the journalism shared on their platforms. And so that's part of a larger trend, said Aengus Bridgman, MEO's director and project lead on the Meta news ban. Neither MEO nor the Canadian Association of Journalists has tracked how many outlets have shut down following the Meta news ban. Blackburn said small, local outlets like hers that do the unglamorous work of covering local courts, town council meetings and events like parades are hurting out here.

Unlike many, she took the girl across borders — ending up in Canada — without the father’s permission. Kosenkova violated an international abduction treaty when she did so, an Ontario Superior Court judge ruled recently in an intriguing child-custody case. But Justice Ross Macfarlane said the girl can nevertheless stay in Windsor, Ont., in part because of the danger she’d face if returned to her father in Ukraine. “There is a grave risk that returning Mariia to her habitual residence in Ukraine would expose her to physical or psychological harm or otherwise place her in an intolerable situation,” said Macfarlane. “There is an additional intolerable risk of psychological harm associated with uprooting Mariia from the care of her mother, who has been her primary caregiver for her entire life and has expressed no intention to return to Ukraine.”FULL STORY: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/mother-violated-international-abduction-treaty-canada-ukraine